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This week we're giving away the latest book in English by Lebanese author Elias Khoury. AS THOUGH SHE WERE SLEEPING--to be released in May--is a beautiful, dreamy ode to the Middle East. Translated from the Arabic by Marilyn Booth.

Sign up for the giveaway here: http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

Khoury is also going to be touring the US in the coming months to give readings. Check out his events page here for details: http://www.goodreads.com/event/list_a...

Daughters of Iraq Giveaway!
Giveaway begins April 23rd! Two winners will be picked to win a free eBook and two winners will be picked to win an autographed copy on May 23rd!

Comment to win!!

Winners picked Wednesday, May 23rd!

Daughters of Iraq (http://www.amazon.com/Daughters-of-Ir...) is the story of emigration of a Jewish family from Iraq to newly-established Israel as experienced by two sisters: Violet,whom we learn about through a diary she kept after being diagnosed with a critical illness, and through Farida, whose personality unfolds through her relationship with her new surroundings and her new life.

Violet’s daughter, Noa, a student in her twenties in the late twentieth century, also has a prominent voice in the story. Noa embarks on a spiritual quest to the past, so that she can learn how to build her life in the present and for the future. While each of the three women is struggling with her own issues, they are all looking for the same thing: happiness. They share a strong sense of family and of their deep roots, and are all inextricably linked to each other.

Thank you!

PS. If you'd like to review Daughters of Iraq by Revital Shiri-Horowitz (http://www.amazon.com/Daughters-of-Ir...) please leave your contact information, what delivery method you prefer and where you have posted your reviews in my inbox.
Thanks and good luck!

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Enfold Me Giveaway!

I'm giving away one signed copy of Enfold Me - A Novel of Post-Israel here: http://tinyurl.com/c9dhkus

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Enfold Me - A Novel of Post-Israel

Written by an Israeli, Enfold Me is a provocative and dark journey into a chillingly-realistic post-Israel Middle East.

Precipitated by a massive earthquake and an Iranian-led attack, the fall of Israel rips Daniel Blum from his suburban life and scientific career. Alone and scarred, he endures subjugation and terror in Hamas-controlled Northern Liberated Palestine.

Now, Daniel must follow George Farrah, a figure from his past, deep under the Carmel mountain and through Egyptian-controlled, quake-ravaged Tel Aviv. Haunted by tragedy, Daniel strains the bonds of duty and family as he and George uncover a secret that could alter the region’s balance of power.

As a counter-point to the above, my book Fast Times in Palestine is also offered for free today, July 22 (and into the wee hours of July 23).

If you want to understand the region as it is in reality right now, and not in a hypothetical future scenario, please feel free to check it out!

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00513NHNI

If the book is no longer free, it only costs $2.99 normally, and I'll be happy to send a free copy (Kindle, PDF, or ePub) to anyone who emails me and asks. But be sure to get it before August 1, because after that, I'll have to un-publish my version.

The good news is -- the reason I'll have to un-publish my version is because a year and 3,000 sales after self-publishing my book, it was finally picked up by a traditional publisher! Here's the story:

http://fasttimesinpalestine.wordpress...

I found this free book by the AUC publications
Writing Egypt
History, Literature, and Culture

http://www.aucpress.com/p-3759-histor...

Hey everyone -- my new publisher has been kind enough to offer 5 free copies of Fast Times in Palestine to Goodreads readers. All you have to do is click a button on this page while you're signed in to enter:

http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

Official pub date is March 12, but it's already available on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Fast-Times-Pale...

My book tour schedule is here (west coast, Colorado, Oklahoma, east coast):

https://fasttimesinpalestine.wordpres...

Hope to see you somewhere along the road!

Book giveaway! Today is the last day of my Goodreads giveaway for THE GIFT, a work of literary fiction.

Is egg donation a gift or a transaction?

Elise, a professional editor, can’t get pregnant. Her husband Peter, a graduate student in Near East Studies at Princeton, can't get over his glory days as a Peace Corps worker in Morocco.

Celia, the scholarship student who answers their advertisement for an egg donor, appears to be the solution to their problems. But when Elise decides that Celia needs a mentor, the situation gets a little more complicated.

An academic novel set in Princeton with significant parts in Morocco, THE GIFT, in the words of one Goodreads reader, "perfectly captures the singular awkwardness of creative writing workshops, the subtleties and difficulties of marriage, and the isolation of anyone who has ever felt out of place on a college campus."

Enter to win here, or click on the cover for more info:

https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...

If anyone is interested, Desert Rhapsody (a historical fantasy novel set in pre-Islamic Arabia) is free on smashwords until the end of July (Here: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...).

I hope you guys give it a go, and Godspeed everyone.

Good morning
I have recently published a book titled, 'While the Sands Whisper,' and have looked high and low on your discussion board, for the correct thread to introduce my novel here on Middle East /North African Lit... but cannot find where it should be placed.

In particular, I would like to request reviews for my novel- in exchange for a PDF, epub or .mobi file...

Can you help me with this? Much appreciated. Linda Ruth Horowitz

Goodreads giveaway:
Tehran Moonlight which received Publishers Weekly's starred review is listed for Goodreads giveaway from now till September-18-2014.

Read what Publishers Weekly has called "A robust...startling novel"

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Book Giveaway! I'm giving away 3 ebooks of my recently published novel 'The Women of Baghdad' (volume one): The Women of Baghdad
To enter the giveaway please comment on this post. Leave me your emails in the comments or send me a private message. I'm doing this promotion in order to gather reviews for the book. You can find it on Amazon here:

http://www.amazon.com/Women-Baghdad-M...

The original blurb:

When the 2003 US invasion of Iraq starts, Soad is a young woman dreaming of becoming a doctor. Marriage isn't on her mind and her ambitious father encourages her to pursue a career. But a man unexpectedly enters her life and her family take an interest in him.

Soad's friends - Hasna and Noora are two sisters raised by their liberal grandmother. Unlike Soad, Hasna yearns for love but she falls in love with the wrong men for her. After she is dishonoured, her family repudiates her and she finds herself facing an uncertain future in a hostile society towards women like her. Even her sister, Noora, has to suffer the consequences of having covered up Hasna's mistakes.

Baghdad is plunged into chaos after the war. Unrest, revenge killings and religious violence start to take hold of the city. The three friends come face to face with their shattered dreams and their new realities. But as they go through war, loss of loved ones and upheavals, the women of Baghdad learn that defying tradition brings with it only solitude. Some of them will choose to stand by their community while others will have to create for themselves a new destiny.

Thank you!
Hana Avram

Hi Hana,
I am interested in reading the book. Are you sending it as an ebook?

Thank you,
Kate

Hi Kate,

I currently have the book in .doc, .rtf. pdf and html formats. If you would need it in .mobi, I will convert it for you. Let me know the format you would preffer and also where should I send it?

Thank you,
Hana Avram

If you are into short stories about the lives of women in Syria, check out the collection: Syrian Brides by Anna Halabi

The ebook FREE on Amazon tomorrow, December 2nd.
https://www.amazon.com/Syrian-Brides-...

Some stories are really shocking, about the violence and the brave women enduring it. Others were funny and socially critical. The stories address several issues in the Syrian/Arab society such as violence at home, polygamy, the subduing of wives, the importance of appearances, fair skin and blue eyes etc.

Definitely a good read!

I am running a Kindle Countdown from December 2-4 on my historical fantasy novel, https://www.amazon.com/Gilgamesh-Uruk...

Gilgamesh, son of the goddess Ninsun and the mortal Lugalbanda, is the arrogant king of the vibrant city of Uruk, a sprawling desert metropolis. In an attempt to quell Gilgamesh’s oppressive behavior, the gods fashion the wild man, Enkidu, to be a companion to the king and to calm his errant ways. The two form an inseparable bond, embark on a wild misadventure, and commit a series of blunders that offend the very gods who created Enkidu. What happens next sends Gilgamesh on an epic journey to find his ancestor, Utnapishtim the Faraway, to learn his story of survival and unlock the secrets of immortality.

For a free copy of Always Coca-Cola (in English) see here:
https://www.goodreads.com/event/show/...
Giveaway 3-20 January 2019. Group reading of the book March-April 2019.

To celebrate my 250th book review, I'm having a Kindle sale (Feb.18-25) on my three novels of mythic fiction:
A Pomegranate and the Maiden, a retelling of the Demeter/Persephone myth;
Unsung Odysseys , a retelling of Odysseus’ return from Troy through the voices of women;
Gilgamesh of Uruk, a retelling of the ancient Mesopotamian myth of the epic hero, Gilgamesh.


The link to my sale: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/ent...

Since I started my website four years ago, I have blogged about mythology, reviewed so many wonderful books, and even shared bits and pieces of my own works of fiction.

The link to my website: www.tamaraaghajaffar.com

Because many of us are at home and looking for something to read, I have reduced the price of all three of my mythic retellings on Kindle.

A Pomegranate and the Maiden, a retelling of the Demeter/Persephone myth, has been reduced to $0.99 cents.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...
It is also available on audio.

Unsung Odysseys, a retelling of Odysseus' journey back from Troy in the voices of women, has been reduced to $1.99.
https://www.amazon.com/Unsung-Odyssey...

Gilgamesh of Uruk, a retelling of the Epic of Gilgamesh from ancient Mesopotamia, has been reduced to $1.99.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...
It is also available on audio.

Hey all, the new CATS issue of ArabLit Quarterly has been released:

https://arablit.org

If anyone in this group is interested in a discounted version, I'll set up a half-off code (which would make it $3.25US), just let me know!

Marcia.

FYI: If anyone is looking for a book for #4 of the challenge, an author from Iraq, my novel, Unsung Odysseys, which retells the story of Odysseus’ return from Troy through the voices of women, has just been released as an audiobook. This is the blurb:

Unsung Odysseys explores the story of Odysseus’ 10-year journey home from Troy through the multiple voices of the women embroiled in his adventures - a distraught mother, a patient wife, a devoted nurse, a benevolent witch, a possessive nymph, a love-sick princess, and a loyal goddess. In words expressed with heartfelt clarity that convey timeless messages, these women have finally broken their silence to share their perspectives on an epic hero’s adventures.

To hear a sample, go to https://www.amazon.com/Unsung-Odyssey...

My other novels:

A Pomegranate and the Maiden retells the story of Demeter and Persephone through multiple voices;

Gilgamesh of Uruk retells the story of the epic hero Gilgamesh of Mesopotamia.

All three books are now available as e-books, audiobooks, and paperbacks.

For those unaware, Verso Books is giving away free e-copies of some of their Palestinian non-fiction titles.

https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blog...

Hi everyone, I wanted to share my novel, Black Seagull.
It’s a dual-timeline historical family mystery about family secrets, migration, memory, and a forensic investigation that brings the past back to the surface.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CFYN39WC
The book is currently part of a Goodreads Book Giveaway, open through November 14.
If that sounds like your kind of read, I’d be very happy if you joined the giveaway.
https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/en...